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The IPKat EPO Boards of Appeal Year in Review 2023

The IPKat

The topic of prior use has been elevated to the status of a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal ( G1/23 ). This week, the UK supreme court finally rejected the appeal by Dr Thaler to have DABUS named as an inventor on a patent application. Bad cases make bad law: Has DABUS "the AI inventor" actually invented anything?

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